The Chief Executive Officer of Productivity South Africa (Productivity SA), Mr Mothunye Mothiba has reported that the Workplace Challenge Programme (WCP) has to date assisted 1 000 companies and successfully led to the retention of more than 50 000 jobs since its inception in 1998.

He also explained that the Workplace Challenge Programme was established specifically as a countermeasure to the old"...

FTI Consulting has announced the continued growth of its South African practice with the addition of a team of eight experts from Econex, a leading trade, competition and applied economics consultancy firm.

The team will be led in Cape Town by Professor Nicola Theron, a Senior Managing Director who previously served as Econex’s Managing Director.

(AETOS Wire)-- Asia’s leading HKTDC Hong Kong Houseware Fair is welcoming its 34th edition in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 20-23 April 2019. Some 2,200 global exhibitors will showcase a wide range of high-quality household items to global buyers. In 2018, over 29,500 buyers from 112 countries and regions visited the fair.

(AETOS Wire) -- Andersen Global today announced a collaboration agreement with Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații, a law firm with offices in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca and its tax arm, Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații Tax. This is the first collaboration agreement in Romania, and continues Andersen Global’s expansion in Eastern Europe.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has announced the launch of its Nigerian National Advisory Council (NAC).

The CISI Nigeria NAC, who’s inaugural President is Mr Bola Ajomale, CEO of NASD, is composed of senior CISI members within the Nigerian financial markets. The NAC has been established with the dual purpose of supporting CISI membership in Nigeria and of guiding"...

OFID – the OPEC Fund for International Development – has signed a $12 million loan agreement with Mozambique to co-finance a project aimed at strengthening artisanal and industrial fishing to boost food security and improve living standards.

The loan will support the Angoche Fishing Port Project by financing the construction of port infrastructure in Mozambique’s Nampula Province."...

SqwidNet has launched the second round of its IoT SA University Challenge. The nationwide technology competition is aimed at getting university students in South Africa to solve real-world challenges using the Internet of Things (IoT).

“We developed this initiative in partnership with Sigfox as we believe that young people have a very different view of the world. They approach challenges differently"...

Investment multinational STOA Infra and Energy has announced the acquisition of a significant minority equity interest, 23.08 per cent, in Metro Fiber, a South African open access fiber network operator.

Metro Fiber is a new South African player with strong growth potential in the consumer fiber (FibreTo-The-Home or 'FTTH') and fiber-to-business markets (Fiber-To-The-Business or 'FTTB')"...

SPECTRAMI appoints Yasser Ali as General Manager for Egypt, Levant and North Africa

March 20, 2019

UAE. Leading value-added distributor, SPECTRAMI announced today that it has appointed Yasser Ali, as the General Manager for Egypt, Levant and North Africa.

Based in Cairo, Yasser will be responsible for accelerating the growth of business, maintaining customer, partner and vendor relationship by implementing company’s Vendor Extension Model (VEM) model in Egypt, Levant and all across North"...